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In your response, be sure to address all parts of the question. Use complete sentences; an outline or bulleted list alone is not acceptable.


Use the passage below to answer all parts of the question that follows.

“In 1683, the Kangxi emperor of China asked that I and two other Jesuit fathers accompany him on a journey from Beijing to the Mongol and Turkic regions beyond the Great Wall with 60,000 cavalry and members of the court on a hunting expedition. The emperor wanted to keep the military in constant movement during peace and prepare it for war. He also wanted to prevent his Manchu and Turkic troops from becoming infected by Chinese luxury and, further, to keep the peoples of the region in obedience.

The emperor has divided the immeasurable districts beyond the Wall into forty-eight provinces and has made them all subject and tributary. Thus, he is sovereign of the Chinese and the nomads and could be justly called the greatest and mightiest ruler in the world. Indeed, the emperor chastises offenders of the highest and lowest classes with impartiality according to their misdeeds and he alone makes decisions after considering the advice of his imperial council and hearing the sentences of the imperial law courts. On this account, men of all rank stand in his presence with deep awe and recognize him as sole ruler.”

Ferdinand Verbiest, Flemish Jesuit missionary, adviser, and astronomer at the court of the Kangxi emperor of the Qing dynasty, letter to fellow Jesuits in Europe, 1683

a) Identify ONE way in which the passage illustrates the development of China in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

b) Identify ONE other state in the period 1450–1750 that used methods of rule similar to those described in the passage.

c) Explain ONE factor that might have contributed to Verbiest’s view of the emperor in the second paragraph.

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Answer:

a. The Manchu conquered the Ming dynasty early in the seventeenth century and created the Qing dynasty. The Qing dynasty ruled over more land than the Ming because the Manchu were a combination of nomadic Mongols and Turks above China. So the Qing dynasty ruled over what was the Ming empire and also the nomadic people above them.

b. Like the Qing dynasty the Ottoman empire was a strong military power. Both of their militaries were well mobilized. The Ottoman army consisted of Janissaries, Balkan Christian boys, who became great soldiers and bureaucrats. This is similar to how the author of this letter, a Flemish Jesuit, also became an adviser to the emperor. Both empires were also centralized and required tributary from the people.

c. Verbiest was a Jesuit, a Catholic missionary. He wanted to spread Catholicism to China. He would need to convince the Kangxi emperor to do so. So he could have written the emperor in such a positive way to better his chances of convincing the emperor to convert to Catholicism.  

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ONE way in which the passage illustrates the development of China in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries is:

  • By showing how the Manchu defeated the Ming dynasty and formed the Qing dynasty

ONE other state in the period 1450–1750 that used methods of rule similar to those described in the passage is:

  • The Ottoman empire

ONE factor that might have contributed to Verbiest’s view of the emperor in the second paragraph is:

  • He wanted to get new converts

According to the given passage, we are told of the history of China and how the different dynasties were both conquered and new ones created.

Furthermore, Ferdinand Verbiest is shown to be eager to get new converts, so he has to be polite to the  emperor so that his religioin can be properly diffused.

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